before that, barack obama won in 2008. after the historic win in 2008, the african-american vote, which is hugely important for democrats in north carolina, dropped off a cliff. after four years of donald trump, from the democratic perspective, the believe is they are going to come back. we are over 55% of african-american turnout in north carolina. the numbers are incredible. because of that, that is why we are still this battleground state. donald trump sees it as a must win state. host: what are the early voting numbers? which candidate benefits? who benefits on election day? since we have been voting september 4. absentee ballots went out. as of this morning, we have almost 4.1 million people have voted in north carolina, almost 56% total turnoff. -- turnout. 2016 80% over total turnout. mecklenburg county, which is where charlotte is, that is at a very high percentage, over 90% of the 2016 turnout. in north carolina, we have had a huge surge of unaffiliated voters. unaffiliated voters outnumber republican voters. they